Truemors
Is the Caucasus About to Erupt?
Four years after the 2008 blitzkrieg between Russia and Georgia, and twelve years after the official end of the war in Chechnya, will tensions in the Caucasus flare up yet again? Relations between Moscow and Tbilisi are growing more and more strained, and matters... 
Russia: Strengthening Its Power in the Caucasus
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A troika first, then a Gas OPEC?
As Iran, Qatar and Russia prepare to attend a new round of talks on gas cooperation in Doha, on Wednesday, Moscow expressed its willingness to create a Gas Troika to boost cooperation and stabilise world prices.... 
Caucasus great game revisited
As Iran and Turkey agree on regional security issues, pressure from OTAN and Russia reminds many of the Great Game conflicting interests in the Caucasus. This article - from an Iranian perspective- explains some motivations behind the political moves of the countries in...
A Gas OPEC in the making?
" In early 2007, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in a meeting with the then Security Council chief of the Russian Federation, said as half of the known gas reserves of the world exist in Russia and Iran, the...
Iran, Russia ink 6 trade protocols
" MOSCOW – The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation signed six protocols on broadening their trade and economic cooperation in their fifth joint economic workgroup session on Thursday. ...
Iran enters space race and sends domestically-made satellite soon
" Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:46:40 GMT Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran plans to send its first domestically-made satellite into orbit in the near future. "We will soon launch a 16-engine rocket...Iran to build cars in Afghanistan
" Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:10:56 GMT Iran's ambassador to Kabul says an assembly line for the manufacture of Iranian-designed cars will soon launch production in Afghanistan. “The negotiations to install the production line for the Iran Khodro Company in Afghanistan have... Iran plays the mediator in Caucasus
As Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad prepares to travel to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, his country role as mediator in the Caucasus provides an edge in public diplomacy. Such image and mediation not only contradicts the US declaration of Iran as a... 
Iranian Shuttle Diplomacy in the Caucasus
" By Armin Hedayati. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Georgia Wednesday to help resolve the Caucasus crisis. Before Tbilisi he visited Russia, Republic of Azerbaijan and Germany while Armenian...Crisis in Caucasus to be the hot topic at Toronto summit
Crisis in Caucasus to be the hot topic at Toronto summit ...
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